TIPTONVILLE - Helen Jeanette Akins, 47,
homemaker, died of cancer Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services
will be at 2 p.m. today Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near
Ripley. She was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church near Ripley. Mrs. Akins, the wife of
John Akins, also leaves two daughters, Mary Place of Lindsay, Okla., and Mary Helton of Henning;
seven sons, Raymond Anderson and Edward Anderson, both of Henning; Michael Shane Akins of San
Diego, John Akins Jr. and Terry Lynn Akins, both of Halls, James Akins of Suffolk, England,
and Barry Joseph Akins of Ripley; five sisters, Patricia Turner of Memphis, Janie Hemby and
Bonnie Wallin, both of Henning, Faye Witt of Naples, Fla., and Lillian Sylvester of Ripley;
a brother, Calvin Cooper of Henning; her mother, Mary Sue Cooper of Henning, and 14 grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 23, 1998

William "Bill" Sanford Baker -
The remains of Mr. Bill Baker, who died at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. H. Coughlan, of Friendship,
were brought to Ripley Tuesday night and laid to rest in the Cemetery at Lightfoot, Wednesday
morning. He was 41 years of age. He was taken ill with typhoid fever about two weeks ago at
the home of another sister, Mrs. Tobe MINNER and at his request was carried to Friendship, as
his home had been with the Coughlin's for many years during the time they resided at Lightfoot
and Ripley. Mr. Coughlan and family accompanied the remains to Lightfoot.
Baker, William Sanford
died 30 July 1923
cemetery Lightfoot
cause of death Typhoid fever
Age 41 yrs 8 mo old
Funeral Home Burgess & Peters

Mrs. Hattie Mae Nelson Barnes, 86, widow
of Robert E. Barnes, Lightfoot farmer, died about 9:30 a.m. in Lauderdale County Hospital, which
she had entered three weeks earlier. Services were Tuesday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in
Lightfoot Cemetery. Born at Campground, she was a lifelong residence of Lauderdale County and
a member of Lightfoot Methodist Church. She leaves three sons; Thomas E. Barnes and Reid Barnes
of Ripley and William K. Barnes, of San Bernardino, Calif., a brother, T. L. Nelson and a sister,
Mrs. Laura Osteen, both of Ripley.
LAUDERDALE County Enterprise
FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 1968

RIPLEY - Louise Barnes, 81, homemaker, died Tuesday
of Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis after a heart attack. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Lightfoot United Methodist Church near here, where she was a member, with burial
in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Barnes, the widow of Finis Barnes,
leaves three sons, Finis Barnes Jr. and Max Barnes, both of Memphis, and Jimmy Barnes of Sugar
Tree; a sister, Vera Jones of Memphis; two brothers, Bobby Vowell of Memphis and J. T. Vowell
of St. Louis, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 18, 1995

RIPLEY - Mildred Barnes, 89, homemaker, died Sunday
at Lifecare Center of Bruceton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lightfoot Methodist
Church with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Barnes, the
widow of Thomas Eckward Barnes, leaves two daughters, Patricia Alred of Marks, Miss., and Beverly
Hiscox of Macon, Ga.; four sons, Tommy Barnes of Woodbridge, Va., Roger Barnes of Bruceton,
David Barnes of Columbus and Randy Barnes of Union City; two sisters, Marguerite Anderson of
Kensington, Md., and Idell Harris of Prairie Village, Kan., 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 22, 2002

RIPLEY - Bertha Eunice Black, 103, of Memphis,
formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died Sunday of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital East
in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot
Cemetery near here. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Ripley. Mrs. Black, the widow
of Frank Black, leaves four daughters, Frances Lavelle Roberson of Livermore, Calif., Olivia
Mai Chipman of Ripley, and Dorlese Owens and Martha Hendren, both of Memphis, six grandchildren
and 15 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 5, 1996

RIPLEY - Walter Marvin 'Jack' Caldwell,
88, retired farmer, died Friday of heart failure at Lauderdale Health Care Center. Services
will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Lightfoot United Methodist Church near here, where he was a member,
with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Caldwell, the widower
of Susie Crowder Caldwell, leaves a son, Neal Caldwell, and two brothers, H. G. Caldwell and
J. F. Caldwell, all of Ripley; and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 30, 1995

Dellia E. Chandler, 90, of Covington, formerly
of Ripley, former owner of Chandler’s Rest Home in Ripley, died Sunday, Sept. 30, at her
daughter’s home. Funeral serviced will e held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct 5, at the Covington
First Assembly of God Church with burial to follow in Lightfoot United Methodist Church Cemetery
in Ripley. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 4, at the
Covington Funeral Home. During her lifetime, she was an active member of Lightfoot United Methodist
Church, Covington First Assembly of God Church and most recently, Crosspointe Christian Fellowship
Church. She is survived by two daughters, Marion Pryor of Holly Springs, Miss., and Susan Bragg
of Covington; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

RIPLEY - Inez Cross Chism, 71, retired office
manager for S & R of Tennessee, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale after
a heart attack. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lightfoot Methodist Church near here, where
she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Chism,
the widow of Joe Marley Chism, leaves two daughters, Pam Fitzugh and Joan Sigman, both of Ripley,
and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 4, 1996

Willie Lee Chism, 78, who moved to Hayti, Mo.,
from Lauderdale County about 25 years ago, died Saturday in Hayti Memorial Hospital. Services
were Monday in First Methodist Church, Hayti, burial was in Lightfoot Cemetery here. He leaves
his wife, Cleo Mullins Chism; daughter, Mrs. Roy Stewart, of Memphis; sister, Mrs. Tom Samples,
of San Bernardino, Calif.; his half-sister, Mrs. Buford Walsh, of Berkley, Calif.; half-brother,
Elry Dennie, of New Orleans, La.; and one grandchild, Patty Lea Chism, of Millington.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY JULY 19, 1968

Ripley - Dorothy B. Clark, 82, homemaker, died
Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial
in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Golddust Baptist Church. Mrs. Clark, the widow of
Major Clark, leaves a daughter, Kathy Thorne, and a son, Donnie Clark, both of Ripley; five
sisters, Stella Johnson, Shirley Butner and Marty Griggs, all of Ripley, Bernice Haynie of Alabama
and Opal Bell of Illinois, 15 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 7, 2004

RIPLEY - Grayson Dale Clark, the infant son
of Tim and Julie Clark, died at birth Thursday at Methodist Hospital of Germantown. Mass will
be said at 10 a.m. today at Ave Maria Catholic Church with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. Garner
Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves his grandparents, Dave and Jeanenne Sondgeroth of Gates,
and Judy Sensabaugh of Ripley, and his great-grandparents, Hariet Dokulil and Helen Sondgeroth,
both of Ripley, and Harry Dokulil of Indiana.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 26, 1998

Mr. Lee Cloud, age 35 years, died Monday at his home
in Golddust. Funeral services were held at Lightfoot, and he was buried in Lightfoot Cemetery.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday April 15, 1932
Clouds, Lee
d 11 Apr 1932 35 yrs old
b AR, farmer, Married
cemetery Lightfoot
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Jane Younger Conrad, 68, retired
emplyee of Tupperware, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in
Covington. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Olive Branch Baptist Church, where she was a
member, with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Conrad, the
widow of Millard Conrad, leaves three daughters, Sandra Hughes, Joyce Mount and Rhonda Wood;
two sons, Roger Conrad and Terry Conrad, and two brothers, Jeff Younger and Wilford Kiestler,
all of Ripley, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 2, 2000

RIPLEY - Millard E. Conrad, 67, Sheetrock finisher
and painter, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services
will be at 1 p.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. He was
a member of Faith United Methodist Church. Mr. Conrad, the husband of Jane Younger Conrad, also
leaves three daughters, Rhonda Wood, Sandra Hughes and Joyce Mount, and two sons, Terry Conrad
and Roger Conrad, all of Ripley; three sisters, Mamie Maxwell and Bernadine Daniels, both of
Ripley, and Katherine Potter of Henning; a brother, Ray Conrad of Ripley, 12 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 29, 1999
Edition: First

RIPLEY - Elsie Lorene Crook, 79, died Monday
at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale after a long illness. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday
at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near here. She was a member of Ashport
Baptist Church. Mrs. Crook, the widow of Robert Crook, also leaves a daughter, Mary Elder, and
three sons, Robert W. Crook, Jack Crook and Charles Crook, all of Ripley; two sisters, Joan
Billings of Omaha, Neb., and Rosie Ballard of Ripley, 13 grandchild ren, 19 great-grandchildren
and seven stepgrandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 29, 1992

Glenn, Dr G M
b 3 Oct 1869 d 28 Apr 1930
parents Stephen M Glenn - Lucy Searcy, MS
cemetery Lightfoot
Garner Funeral Home
The sudden death of Dr. S. M. Glenn in his office over City Drug Co., Monday morning about 8
o'clock came as a great surprise to his numerous friends and relatives. Seized with a severe
heart attack, he expired before medical aid could reach him. The body was removed to the residence
of his sister, Mrs. W. H. Foust and on Tuesday morning was carried to his old home at Lightfoot
and laid to rest beside the remains of his wife who preceded him in death many years. Dr. Glenn
was 61 years of age, born near Glimp. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters; John
Glenn 7 Mrs. W. H. Fouse, both of Ripley; Dave Glenn 7 Mrs. T. E. Barfield, both of Cherry;
Mrs. Sallie Cobb, of Memphis; and Will Glenn, of NC; one son, S. M. Glenn, Jr., of Ft. Thomas,
KY; and one daughter, Mrs. Parker Johnson, of Ashport. Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday
May 2, 1930

HALLS - Sharon Goode, 38, homemaker, died Friday
at her home. The cause of death has not been determined. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday
at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near there. Mrs. Goode, the
wife of Elliott Goode, also leaves two daughters, Nancy McCallister and Katie Logan, both of
Ripley; three brothers, Greg Cantrell of Ripley, Jerry Cantrell of Tupelo, Miss., and Steve
Cantrell of Plant City, Fla., and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 17, 1995

Aubrey L. Griggs, who lived near Ashport, died
at the Ripley hospital Monday and his remains were laid to rest in the Lightfoot Cemetery Wednesday.
His death followed an operation for appendicitis which, it is said, was delayed too long. He
was 28 years of age and is survived by his wife, who was Miss Mattie Blanche Pitts, and three
children.
Griggs, Aubrey L
b 2 Aug 1896 d 10 Feb 1925
parents J B Griggs, TN & __ Bivens, SC
cemetery Lightfoot
farmer
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Clyde Haynie, 63, retired farmer, died
Sunday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot
Cemetery. Mr. Haynie, the husband of Mavis Stanfield Haynie, also leaves a daughter, Carol Bell,
and two sons, Terry Haynie and Tommy Clyde Haynie, all of Ripley; a stepdaughter, Barbara Wright
of Halls; two sisters, Lullene Lackey of Ripley and Jean Maxwell of Brownsville; two brothers,
Oneal Haynie and Jerry Haynie, both of Ripley, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 5, 2002

RIPLEY - Jerry Haynie, 28, machinist, died Sunday
at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral
Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near here. Mr. Haynie leaves his mother, Shirley Butler
and Clyde Haynie, a sister, Carolyn Gwaltney, and two brothers, Terry Haynie and Tommy Haynie,
all of Ripley, and his great- grandmother, Jamie Fogg of Trenton.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 27, 1992

RIPLEY - Annie Mae Hodge, 64, factory worker,
died Sunday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis after a stroke. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday
at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near here. Mrs. Hodge, the widow of
Clarence Hodge, leaves a daughter, Patsy Meadows of Ripley; three sons, Ray Hodge and Jimmy
Hodge, both of Ripley, and Dennis Hodge of Halls; three sisters, Dorothy Robinson of Memphis,
Louise Buckner of Halls and Katherine Webb of Ripley; a brother, J. B. Burns of Halls, and seven
grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 3, 1997

HALLS -- George Riley Hodge, 50, of Memphis,
formerly of Halls, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis of injuries received
in a car accident on Aug. 24. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home of Ripley
with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near Ripley. Mr. Hodge leaves a daughter, Angela Hodge of
Dyersburg; three sons, Kenneth Hodge and James Hodge, both of Dyersburg, and Scott Hodge of
Crockett County; his mother, Frances Steiger, and a sister, Martha Cook, bo th of Memphis; a
brother, Yules Dewayne Hodge of Nesbit, Miss., and a grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 3, 1994

RIPLEY - Pauline Gibson Hodge, 67, retired
factory worker at Todd Manufacturing, died of leukemia Wednesday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery.
She was a member of Henning First Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Hodge, the widow of James Henry
Hodge, leaves a daughter, Patricia Hodge Watson, and a son, Tommy Hodge, both of Ripley; a sister,
Icie King of Selmer, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 30, 1998

RIPLEY - Mrs. Vivian Kate Hodge, 83, died Monday
at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Garner
Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist
Church. Mrs. Hodge, the widow of Thomas Hodge, leaves a daughter, Ms. Martha Hollis of Ripley;
a son, Lewis Brown of Ripley; three sisters, Ms. Beatrice Boekeloo and Ms. Martha Boekeloo,
both of South Holland, Ill., and Ms. John Lee of Halls; two brothers, Paul Jordan of Halls and
Hubert Jordan of South Holland, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 13, 1991

RIPLEY - Georgia Lee Holt, 87, died Thursday
at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot
Cemetery. She was a member of Lightfoot United Methodist Church. Mrs. Holt, the wife of Theo
Holt, also leaves a daughter, Anita Hayes of Stanton; three sisters, Lucille Coleman of Iuka,
Miss., and Gracie Holt and Betty Patterson, both of Ripley; a brother, Luther Gifford of Blytheville,
Ark., three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 15, 1993

RIPLEY - Jack Franklin Johnson, 58, retired
security guard, died of cancer Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services
will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. A Vietnam
War Army veteran, he was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ashport Baptist Church. Mr.
Johnson, the husband of Sandra A. Johnson, also leaves two daughters, Bridgett Johnson of Ripley
and Sherry Anderson of Dallas; two sons, Jack Johnson Jr. of Ripley and Chris Lowe of Dallas;
his mother, Stella Johnson of Ripley; a sister, Irene Spran, and a brother, Larry Johnson, all
of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 29, 1998

RIPLEY - John T. Johnson, 72, security guard, died
Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at
Garner Funeral Home with burial at Lightfoot Cemetery near here. He was a member of Ashport
Baptist Church and a World War II Navy veteran. Johnson, the husband of Stella Lackey Johnson,
also leaves a daughter, Irene Spray of Ripley; two sons, Jack Johnson of Ripley and Larry Johnson
of Ripley; five sisters, Mrs. Elmer Lou Bailey of Clarksdale, Miss., Mrs. Clytie Buckner of
Tupelo, Miss., Mrs. Dorothy Westbrook of Oxford, Miss., Mrs. Kathryn Poynor of Pontotoc, Miss.,
and Mrs. Lavern Brasfield of Montgomery, Ala.; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 26, 1990

RIPLEY - Maguerite Chism Little, 83, homemaker,
died of pneumonia Dec. 29 at Marina Hospital in Los Angeles. Graveside services will be at 11
a.m. Saturday in Lightfoot Cemetery near here. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Little,
the wife of George Little, also leaves a sister, Lagene Parker of Chatsworth, Calif.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 9, 1998
Edition: First

RIPLEY - Freeda Irene Beegle Mann, 83,
retired restaurant owner, died of pneumonia Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery
near here. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church. Mrs. Mann, the widow of Jesse
F. Mann, leaves a daughter, Bertie Rhoads of Henning, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 11, 1997

Mrs. Mary Frances "Fannie" Matthews,
96, half-sister of Elmer Braden and Mrs. Abby Roberson, both of Ripley, died Thursday of last
week in her home at 1276 Overton Park, Memphis, the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Meter.
She was the widow of Robert MATTHEWS. Services were last Friday in Lightfoot Methodist Church,
burial in church cemetery.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY MAY 31, 1968

Mrs. Maggie Pope McKinley, 56, of Central,
died at 11:45 a.m. last Friday in Lauderdale County Hospital, which she entered a week earlier.
Services were Sunday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. Born in Jackson,
she moved to Lauderdale County 12 years ago. She leaves her husband, John E. McKinley; her sons,
J. C. McKinley and Jack McKinley, both of Ripley and J. R. McKinley, of Memphis; her daughters,
Mrs. Della Barnard, Mrs. Lillie Prater and Miss Linda McKinley, all of Ripley, Mrs. Elsie HOLLAND,
of Covington, Mrs. Shirley DEVERS, of Randolph, and Mrs. Norma MILLER, Mrs. Frances Johnson,
and Miss Sandra McKinley, all of Memphis; her brothers, Jodie POPE and Ernest Pope, both of
Jackson; and her sisters, Mrs. Tammy McCain and Mrs. Ella Mae Collins, both of Jackson.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY APRIL 5, 1968

RIPLEY - Minnie L. Midkiff, 55, homemaker, died
Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Garner
Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Hutcherson Chapel Church
of God. Mrs. Midkiff, the widow of Steve Midkiff, leaves a daughter, Amy Midkiff of Ripley;
four sisters, Inez Webb of Ripley, Frances Thomas of Somerville, and Mary Burse and Martha Davis,
both of Halls, and two brothers, David Blakely of Ripley and Fred Blakely of Henning.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 10, 2004

RIPLEY - Robert E. Lee Midkiff, 74, retired
farmer, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near Ripley.
He was a member of Lightfoot Methodist Church. Mr. Midkiff, the husband of Dorothy Mai Silvester
Midkiff, also leaves four daughters, Shirley Becker, Carloyn Adkerson and Brenda Crowder, all
of Ripley, and Jean Dawson of Halls; eight sons, Bobby Midkiff, Joe Midkiff, Larry Midkiff,
Phillip Midkiff, Lynn Midkiff and Rickey Midkiff all of Ripley, Herman Midkiff of Gates and
Wyman Midkiff of Halls; a sister, Margaret Vaughn, and two brothers, Jack H. Midkiff and John
F. Midkiff, all of Ripley, 38 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 19, 1999

RIPLEY -- Stella Mai Midkiff, 86, died Friday
at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot
Cemetery near here. Mrs. Midkiff, the widow of John Midkiff, leaves a daughter, Margaret Vaughn,
and three sons, Bob Midkiff, Pete Midkiff and Jack Midkiff, all of Ripley, 26 grandchildren,
57 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 16, 1993

RIPLEY - Steve F. Midkiff, 46, petroleum mechanic,
died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Garner
Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. Mr. Midkiff, the husband of Minnie Midkiff,
also leaves a daughter, Amy Midkiff; his parents, Faye and Pete Midkiff; a sister, Dianne Apperson,
and a brother, Ronnie O'Neal Midkiff, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 5, 2002

RIPLEY - Adelina Diana Minner, 83, of Franklin,
formerly of Ripley, retired hospital employee, died of respiratory failure Saturday at Williamson
Medical Center in Franklin. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial
in Lightfoot Cemetery. Mrs. Minner, the wife of John C. Minner, also leaves two daughters, Janice
C. Eddlemon of Benton, Ark., and Rita Sue Warner of Franklin; two sons, Rodger C. Minner of
Independence, Mo., and Calvin R. Minner of Franklin, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to the Muscular Dystrophy
Foundation or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 23, 1999

RIPLEY - Ethel Marie Minner, 58, homemaker,
died Friday at Lexington Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Garner
Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Ashport Baptist Church.
Mrs. Minner, the wife of James F. Minner, also leaves two sons, Timothy B. Minner and Kenneth
F. Minner, both of Ripley; a sister, Shirley Wicker of Dyersburg; two brothers, Dillard Mooney
and David Mooney, both of Steele, Mo., and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 18, 2004

RIPLEY - James Foster Minner, 87, retired
cotton ginner, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services
will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. He was a deacon
and Sunday school teacher at Ashport Baptist Church. Mr. Minner, the husband of Louise King
Minner, also leaves two daughters, Dorothy Kiestler and Ruby Minner, and a son, Jimmy Minner,
all of Ripley; a brother, J. C. Minner of Franklin, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren
and a great-great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 16, 2000

RIPLEY - Lillie Fullen Moore, 84, homemaker,
died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at
11 a.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Moore, the widow of Bassar C. Fullen, leaves two daughters, Doris S. Osteen and Nancy K.
Lovelace, both of Ripley; a son, Spencer C. Fullen of Germantown; a sister, Myrna L. Moore of
Munford, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 20, 1999

RIPLEY - Emma Louise Morris, 77, homemaker,
died Wednesday at Lauderdale Community Living Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Yarbrough
Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Morris, the widow of Melvin Paul Morris, leaves three daughters, Pamela Levels, Lola Burch
and Brenda Walls, all of Ripley; a son, M. Paul Morris Jr. of Osceola, Ark., 14 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 20, 2003

RIPLEY - Melvin Paul Morris, 78, retired farmer,
died of heart failure Thursday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Services will
be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near Ripley.
He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church and a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Morris,
the husband of Emma Louise Morris, also leaves four daughters, Brenda Walls of Ripley, Lola
Burch and Pam Levels, both of Dyersburg, and Nancy Barron of Clifton, N.J.; a son, Melvin Paul
Morris Jr. of Osceola, Ark.; a sister, Lela Rush of Somerville; a brother, Buddy Morris of California,
14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 25, 1999

George R. Osteen, Jr., 75, retired as an Air
Force pilot, died Thursday of last week in his home at 5252 Lightfoot-Luckett Rd., near Ripley.
Rites were held Saturday in the Garner Funeral Home, with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. He was
a member of Lightfoot United Methodist Church. He leaves his wife, Doris Savillah Fullen Osteen;
daughters, Beth Kiestler, of Ripley, Debbie Green, of Flippin, Ark., and Terri Kurlan, of McKinney,
Tex.; step-sons, Burrell Lynn Kissell and Tim M. Kissell, of Ripley; sisters, Charlotte Shelton,
of Tulsa, Okla., and Nancy Casper, of Austin, Tex.; 11 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, January 10, 2008

Wilson H. Oxford, 85, of Atoka, Tenn., formerly
of Memphis, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Millington Church of the Nazarene, where he was a member, with
burial at 1 p.m. Friday at Light Foot Cemetery in Ripley, Tenn. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar
Chapel has charge. Mr. Oxford was the widower of Daisy Oxford.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 9, 1992

RIPLEY - Calvin E. Pittman, 63, farmer, died
Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after an auto accident. Services will be at
1 p.m. Thursday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. He was a Korean
War Army veteran and a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church. Mr. Pittman leaves two daughters,
Tina Dillingham and Darla Best; two sons, Alan Clay Pittman and Kenneth Lee Pittman, and two
brothers, J. W. Pittman and Lynn Pittman, all of Ripley, and eight grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 20, 1995

RIPLEY - Montine Pitts, 86, retired nurse's aide,
died of heart failure Tuesday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Services will
be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member
of Eastland Baptist Church and the Do-Sew Club. Mrs. Pitts, the widow of Joe Pitts, leaves two
daughters, Hilda Sweatt of Memphis and Kitty Jones of Ripley; a son, David Pitts of Ripley;
a sister, Celeste Wilkins of Knoxville; a brother, Joe B. Osteen of Ripley, six grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 4, 1998

RIPLEY - Judy Tims Prater, 50, teacher's aid,
died of cancer Friday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home
with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. Mrs. Prater, the wife of William Prater, also leaves a daughter,
Kristine Dianne Craig of Coldwater; two sons, Aaron Lee Carroll and William Vaughan, both of
Gates; a sister, Kay Bohanon of Ripley; two brothers, Jeff Tims of Somerville, S.C., and Pete
Tims of Running Springs, Calif., and a granddaughter.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 24, 1998

RIPLEY - Alice Marie Rogers, 78, of Memphis,
formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-North
in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot
Cemetery. She was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church. Mrs. Rogers, the widow of C. E. Rogers,
leaves a daughter, Janet Halfacre; a son, David Floyd, and a brother, J. B. Walker, all of Memphis,
and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 28, 2001

Bill Stevens
RIPLEY -- Bill Stephens, 67, retired farmer, died Friday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale
in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot
Cemetery near Ripley. Mr. Stephens, the husband of Shirley Fortner Stephens, also leaves three
daughters, Virginia Midgett and Mary Lou Mount, both of Ripley, and Betty Jean Hammock of Dyersburg;
two sons, Charles Franklin Stephens and Danny Oneal Stephens, and a stepdaughter, Darlene Crowder,
all of Ripley; three stepsons, Johnny Ray Sylvester of Obion, and James Galvin Sylvester and
Scott Sylvester, both of Ripley; a brother, William Stephens of Ripley, 13 grandchildren, 12
stepgrandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 26, 1994

RIPLEY - Hilda Mae Sweatt, 69, of Memphis, formerly
of Ripley, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday
at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Leaclair Baptist
Church in Memphis. Mrs. Sweatt, the wife of Prentiss Sweatt, also leaves a daughter, Vera Montine
Sweatt of Memphis, a sister, Kitty Jones and a brother, David Pitts, both of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 26, 1999

Mrs. Katie Lou Minner Tims, 65, died Tuesday
in her home at Ashport. Services were Thursday in Lightfoot Methodist Church, burial in church
cemetery. She leaves her husband, Edgar Tims; her son, James H. Tims, of Fortana, Calif.; her
sisters, Mrs. Jerome Craig and Mrs. Fred Harrison, both of Ripley; and her brothers, Foster
Minner, of Ripley, J. C. Minner and Bernice Minner, both of Memphis
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1968

Mrs. Maggie Griggs Wakefield, 82, of Luckett,
died at 4:35 p.m. Thursday of last week in Lauderdale County Hospital, which she entered Jan.
13th. Services were Saturday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. A lifelong
resident of Lauderdale County, she was a member of Luckett Methodist Church, the widow of Albert
Wilbur Wakefield, Luckett farmer, who died in 1928. She leaves her son, Rudell Wakefield, of
Ripley; her daughters, Mrs. Pearl Osteen and Mrs. Elmer Conrad, both of Ripley; her brother,
Wiley Griggs and her sister, Mrs. J. C. Wakefield Sr., both of Ripley.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1968

RIPLEY -- Donna Fay Wilson, 39, died Saturday
at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral
Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. She was a member of Eastland Baptist Church. Mrs. Wilson,
the wife of Danny Wesley Wilson, also leaves a daughter, Lisa Marie Ballard, and a son, John
Wesley Ballard, both of Henning; her father and stepmother, Bill and Shirley Stephens of Ripley;
three sisters, Virginia Midgett and Mary Lou Mount, both of Ripley, and Betty Jean Hamrick of
Unionville; and two brothers, Charles Stephens and Danny Stephens, both of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 10, 1994

GATES - Eva L. Wilson, 69, janitor for Lauderdale
County School System, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Garner
Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson, the wife of Woodrow Wilson,
also leaves two daughters, Kathy Manley and Sheila Wilson, and a son, Danny Wilson, all of Gates;
three sisters, Viola Campbell of Boliver, Lena Whittemore of Millington and Elizabeth Sanders
of Ripley; a half-brother, Floyd Creasy of Providence, a grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 31, 2003

RIPLEY - J. W. Younger, 84, retired farmer, died Saturday
of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at
Garner Funeral Home with burial in Lightfoot Cemetery near here. He was a member of Faith United
Methodist Church. Mr. Younger, the husband of Mary Peterson Younger, also leaves a daughter,
Jane Conrad of Ripley, and a son, Jeffrey Younger, both of Ripley; a sister, Montine Ullrich
of Memphis, six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 18, 1994